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Benjamin Wright

Male 1714 - 1795  (81 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Wright  [1
    Birth 3 Mar 1714  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Apr 1795  Hartford, Windsor, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Burial Old Protestant Cemetery, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I22371  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2024 

    Father Ensign Abel Wright,   b. 25 Sep 1664, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1745, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Terry,   b. 5 Dec 1673, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 18 Sep 1747 (Age > 74 years) 
    Marriage 16 Sep 1691  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F13506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel Owen,   b. 30 Dec 1711, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 9 Jan 1735  [1, 4
    Children 
    +1. Maj. David Wright,   b. 14 Mar 1749, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1822 (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F13505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2024 

  • Notes 
    • "The cemetery, now called St. Anthony's, was originally a Protestant cemetery, later bought by the Catholic Church. The old part of it is still referred to as the Old Protestant Cemetery. Benjamin is buried there, and probably his wife Rachel." [Find a Grave page for Benjamin Wright, citation details below.]

      He was an original proprietor of Hartford on 5 Jul 1761, along with his son Benjamin Jr.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2758] William Arthur Owen, "John Owen of Windsor, Conn., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 83:39, Jan 1929.

    2. [S2749] Rev. Stephen Wright, "Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 35:74, Jan 1881.

    3. [S2757] Find a Grave page for Benjamin Wright, Sr.

    4. [S7982] Early Vermont Settlers to 1771, Volume 2, Northern Windsor County by Scott Andrew Bartley. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020.

    5. [S2757] Find a Grave page for Benjamin Wright, Sr., year and state only.

    6. [S2749] Rev. Stephen Wright, "Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 35:74, Jan 1881., date only.

    7. [S2246] Notes of Terry Families in the United States of America by Stephen Terry. Hartford, Connecticut: 1887.